Tim Schutz, "A Hailstorm of Plastic", contributed by Tim Schütz, Center for Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 9 February 2020, accessed 15 April 2024. http://centerforethnography.org/content/hailstorm-plastic
Critical Commentary
A montage of two photos: 1) plastic pellets released by Formosa in Lavaca Bay and 2) the aftermath of a 2017 hailstorm in Texas (more than $400 million in damages). The montage is a first attempt to play with the visual qualities of the pellets and their scale. According to a spokesperson of the foundation "Plastic Soup" (2020), circa "265,000 pellets per second" might be released in Europe, creating a "Hailstorm of Plastic"